Social Science Databases
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- SocINDEX with Full Text Full Text EBSCO
- Features more than 2,035,000 records with subject headings from a 19,600+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers.
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Full Text Thomson Gale
- Articles, reports, statistics, and primary documents on social issues.
- Academic Search Complete Full Text EBSCO
- Multi-disciplinary full text database that contains more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals.
- Expanded Academic ASAP Full Text Thomson Gale
- Indexes over 3,880 publications on a wide range of topics including full text for over 3,500, some from 1980.
- General OneFile Full Text Thomson Gale
- Indexes over 9,200 titles including full text for over 5,156. Some titles back to 1980. Multidisciplinary and updated daily.
- JSTOR Full Text JSTOR
- For older articles. Contains back runs of core scholarly journals, some as far back as 1890. Does not include more recent issues.
- MasterFILE Premier Full Text EBSCO
- Indexes over 2,660 titles including full text for over 1,830. Multidisciplinary.
- Academic Search Complete Full Text EBSCO
- Multi-disciplinary full text database that contains more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals.
- Directory of Open Access Journals Full Text Lund University Libraries
- Free, full text, scientific and scholarly journal articles on a wide array of subjects.
- Films on Demand Audio / Video Infobase Learning
- Thousands of high-quality educational videos in dozens of subject areas, all viewable online.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online Index only Oxford University Press
- Literary guides to important and significant sources in a variety of subjects.
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- Encyclopedia Britannica Full Text Encyclopedia Britannica
- Encyclopedia, world atlas, timelines, world data and statistics, year in review, recent headlines, and notable quotes.
- Dictionary of Sociology Full Text Oxford University Press
- International range of terms, methods, and concepts in the field of Sociology
- Dictionary of the Social Sciences Full Text Oxford University Press
- Concise definitions covering the fields of anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism.
- CountryWatch Full Text CountryWatch
- Up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.
- Dissertations and Theses - Full text Full Text ProQuest
- Includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.
- SAGE Premium Publications Online Full Text Sage
- Search full text journals in the fields of health and biomedical sciences, as well as the humanities and social sciences.
- Highwire Press Full Text Highwire Press
- Free, full text, scientific and scholarly journal articles on a wide array of subjects.